Improvement in glove-fastenings



W. HASSALL.

GLOVE-FASTENING. BIO-176,224. Patented. Apri118, 1876.

MPETERS, FKOTO-U HOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WLIQIJIAM HASSALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVE-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l76fl24, dated April18, 1876; application filed March 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'WILLIAM HASSALL, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Glove-Fastening, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure 1 represents my improved fastening as applied to a glove, andFig. 2 represents the same detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved fastening forgloves, which shall be simple in construction, can be easily applied,can be readily fastened and unfastened, and will confine the glovesnugly around the wrist.

The invention consists of an improved glovefastener formed of the twoplates, hinged to each other at their lower ends, slottedlongitudinally, and having a ring or link passed through the said slots,as hereinafter fully described.

A are two narrow plates, made of a length equal to or a little greaterthan the length of the slit in the glove. The plates A are hinged toeach other at their lower ends, and have holes formed in their ends andouter side edges to receive the rivets or threads by which they aresecured to the glove. The plates A are slotted longitudinally, and inthe said slots is placed a ring or link, B. In the inner bars of theplates A, at the upper ends of the slots, are formed shallow recesses,to receive and serve as seats for the ring B, to prevent it fromslipping down.

By this construction, when the ring B is slipped down into the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the plates A may be spread apart, and the gloveput on and taken off with as much facility as though the fastener wasnot attached to it.

When the glove has been put on, the upper ends of the plates A are drawntogether by the thumb and first finger of the other hand, and the ringslipped up with the second finger, so that the glove can be fastenedvery easily and quickly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- An improved glove-fastener, formed of the two platesA, hinged to each other at their lower ends, slotted longitudinally, andhaving a ring or link, B, operating in the said slots, substantially asherein shown and described.

WILLIAM HASSALL. Witnesses:

' JAMES T. GRAHAM,

T. B. MOSHEB.

